没・歿|ぼつbotsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, noun (suffix)death
2. nounrejection (of a manuscript, etc.)
3. prefixlacking; without

• Synonym死没しぼつWrittenWritten: death, typical of news reports and records; 「没」 itself mostly appears in dates of death, as in 「1900年没」.
• Synonym死しNeutralDeath in the broadest sense, also a topic of philosophy and religion; a single character with no respect implied, while 「没」 mostly appears in chronologies.
• Synonym死亡しぼうNeutralDeath in matter-of-fact, administrative terms, as in 「死亡事故」; objective and neutral, with no respect implied.
• Synonym死去しきょFormalA person's death; standard in news and obituaries, and more dignified than 「死亡」. 「没」 mostly appears in chronologies.
• Synonym終焉しゅうえんWrittenWritten: one's last days or the end of life, as in 「終焉の地」, and also the end of things in general; literary in flavour.
• Synonym逝去せいきょFormalFormal and respectful: the passing of someone else, used to honour the deceased in obituaries and speeches.
• Synonym物故ぶっこWrittenWritten euphemism for a death, seen in member lists and obituaries; softer than 「没」.
• Synonym他界たかいNeutralA euphemism for passing away, and also 'the other world'; softer than 「死ぬ」 and common in speech too.
• Synonym絶命ぜつめいWrittenWritten: to expire or breathe one's last, as in 「その場で絶命した」; focuses on the moment life ends.
• Synonym死にしにCasualColloquial noun form of 「死ぬ」, used mainly in compounds such as 「死に顔」, 「犬死に」; 「没」 does not form compounds this way.
• Synonym亡ぼうWrittenWritten: deceased, used mainly as a prefix, as in 「亡父」, and rarely alone; 「没」 is mostly used in chronologies.
• Synonym永眠えいみんFormalEternal sleep: a gentle, dignified euphemism typical of obituaries; 「没」 is a plain record of the fact.
• Synonym長逝ちょうせいWrittenWritten and elevated: departing this life; uncommon, and everyday speech uses 「逝去」.
• Synonym落命らくめいWrittenLosing one's life, typically in an accident or war; focuses on an unnatural death.
• Related往生おうじょうNeutralBuddhist rebirth in paradise, and also being stuck with no way out, as in 「立ち往生」; Buddhist in flavour.
• Related辞世じせいWrittenWritten: departing this world, but mostly meaning a death poem, 「辞世の句」.
• RelatedもしものことCasualColloquial 'if anything should happen', a veiled way to refer to death or an accident; it hints at misfortune without saying death outright.
• Related一死いっしWrittenWritten, with several senses: dying for a cause, and also one out in baseball; different from the chronology use of 「没」.
• Related絶息ぜっそくWrittenWritten: drawing one's last breath, and also being cut off; uncommon, and everyday speech says 「息を引き取る」.
• Related寂滅じゃくめつWrittenBuddhist term for nirvana, extended to mean death; written.
• Antonym出しゅつNeutralComing into being or one's birth and origins; the opposite of 「没」 as death. In 「〜の出」 (of family or hometown) the reading is で, not しゅつ.

「没」 means death and mostly appears in dates of death, as in 「明治十年没」; as 「ボツ」 it also means a rejected manuscript. For an objective statement use 「死亡」, formally 「死去」, respectfully 「逝去」, and as a euphemism 「他界」 or 「永眠」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （ボツ）死しぬこと。（「歿ぼつ」の書き換かきかえ）
2. （ボツ）名詞めいしに付ついてそれが無ない意いを表あらわす。